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I once went to a youth group meeting in a parish, to get to know the youth and share in some of the activities. When I arrived, we broke into groups and each group got some printout sheets about a particular saint. We were also given a poster board and some markers to make some…

Several years ago, I arrived at a small village in Ecuador, visiting for about a week. By the end of the week, I had a chance to stop by the local school and meet a few of the teachers. I asked a few of them if the school was looking for English help, as I…

I lived in the Back Bay of Boston for about 5 years. The Back Bay is one of the most exclusive places to live in Boston, maybe even the country, and so that makes it also a destination for homeless people to come to ask for money. At some point early on in my living…

There she is, hardly a moment after getting the news that she is pregnant, miraculously, and, at that, pregnant with the Son of God who is going to save the world, this girl of about age 16 decides to head out on her own to travel about 90 miles on a dangerous journey. Makes sense,…

One day a few months ago, I was visiting a butterfly farm in Ecuador with some guests that I had brought along. One of the things you can do at the butterfly farm is put a butterfly onto your finger with some squished banana that they put out just for that. So of course, there…

Helen Titus is one of the group of Kenyan students at a university that was attacked by terrorists last year. In what must have been a horrific experience, the terrorists led a group of students into a room and began to shoot them one by one. In the midst of the chaos, Helen decided to…

A few years ago in my early days here in Ecuader when I was still very new to the culture, I was visiting a priest friend here in Ecuador at his new church. One of the big tasks was a new redesign of the interior and a new paintjob. So I hopped in to help…